[DCFC] - Open

[blue_darkslayer]

Characters: DCFC Competitors & OPEN
Location: DCFC HQ, in the Outer Quarter
Rating: PG-13. Thar be violence.
Time: Saturday Night, August 4th & Sunday, August 5th
Description: The first round of the Death City Fighting Championship launches! Because Death City is clearly not violent enough, but entry is free, fighters are paid, and it's bound to be

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[AUDIENCE]

[blue_darkslayer]

[Plenty of room up here in the stands. The place is open to Death City's residents as well, but Guests may very well run into people they recognize!]

[dungenessmaster]

[Karkat knows a few of the fighters, and this fight club deal sounds like a pretty good excuse to take a break and watch people beat the shit out of each other.

so he's just gonna plop down right next to whoever else is here and chill with some snacks.]

[nomeremaid]

[Fabiola kind of just... heard about this in passing, and damned if she's not hella interested in picking up a few new moves from people. So she's sitting there, staring raptly into the ring as if she can learn everything just by watching. Considering how she learned Capoeira, it's not a complete impossibility.]

[dungenessmaster]

[cue Karkat, munching nachos. this is gonna be GOOD.]

I didn't think this was your kind of thing.

[nomeremaid]

It is not- not exactly. While I am not one to condone violence for the sake of violence, I have nothing against using the opportunity presented to... study.

[She's even got a teeny, tiny notepad in her lap, pencil twirling between her fingers. She looks over and blinks at his nachos, and then frowns a little.]

I see that you are treating it as nothing more than a spectator sport, however.

[dungenessmaster]

Humans beating themselves bloody IS a spectator sport! I mean... what's even the point of a notepad? In the time it takes you to write something down, you'll miss three other techniques. It's smarter to keep your eyes on them.

[nomeremaid]

I am doing both, thank you.

[Though she did miss something in the time she took to stare at him, so she turns her attention back to the ring, nose scrunching in distaste.]

Besides, I will not learn anything properly until I try it myself.

[dungenessmaster]

[Karkat isn't willing to take his attention off the action, but he does sort of give her the side-eye.]

You'd be better off sparring with these idiots during morning training, if you came here to pick up moves. This is just a bunch of people blowing off steam, because this damn city swings between thinkpan-numbing boredom and nonstop violence with almost no in-between.

[nomeremaid]

I do that as well. However you will find that not everything one can learn can be taught with formal training. [She makes a vague motion at the ring with her pencil, eyes narrowing and head tilting to follow a motion someone's going through.] Things like this... I have learned that sometimes, what is considered 'fair' is not what you will face in actual combat.

[dungenessmaster]

What are you doing, standing on ceremony for me or something? I'm not some pearl-clutching champion of manners here, I'm a damn troll. We practically invented fighting dirty.

[and then he falls silent briefly to appreciate someone getting their ass handed to them. and crunches more nachos.]

Nice.

[nomeremaid]

I do not understand what you mean by 'standing on ceremony', however if you understand what I mean, then you must understand why I am here, yes?

[She does the same, critically, and without blinking, murmurs-]

...wasted movement. That entire second to last bit was completely superfluous.

[dungenessmaster]

Yeah, yeah, although I still think training would be more effective than taking notes from some of these neanderthals.

[after the move, and her remark, he mutters back:]

It wouldn't have been, if he'd followed through. I don't think she would've had a chance to block at all with the momentum he had going.

[nomeremaid]

It helps in its own way. Where do you think I will refine what I learn?

[She pauses, considers, and then gives her head a slight nod.]

You have a point, I suppose. Had he been able to follow through however, it would have meant she executed that incorrectly to begin with. She was compensating for hesitating.

[dungenessmaster]

What the hell ever. Sometimes you have to jump on advantages when you see them.

[and a pause. wow, he just sounded so much like Vriska for a second there.]

[nomeremaid]

I suppose so. You should try not to be so rash though- it might not work out in your favor in the long run.

[She leans back a little and chances another glance at him.]

Why would you even get nachos for something like this?

[dungenessmaster]

[and he looks back at her, briefly.]

Because most people just came out here to watch people get hurt, not to take notes on the finer points of shattering a sniff node. Hell, if I were older or thought I could get away with it, I'd have a beer in this hand.

[he waves his free hand.]